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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by tomrod on Saturday March 19, 2022 @01:48PM (#30735886)
> evidence based approach that uses the Bible to interpret itself as it was designed to do

I don't understand what that means. But I do think Misquoting Jesus is one of the better biblical criticism books I've read, and can recommend it for interested folks. Your recommendation reminded me of that.

Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by geocrasher on Saturday March 19, 2022 @02:20PM (#30736235)
It means not taking individual verses out of context and using only the rest of the Bible to provide that context such as who the Bible writer was writing to, in what circumstance, even in what time of year if it was a farming analogy, or what other Bible writers say on the same subject. That's only scratching the surface, but hopefully gives you an idea what I meant.